Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Pher  | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| And how can they sell apples at 3.99€?
https://www.amazon.de/verschiedene-Äpfel-Sorten-Bio/dp/B003QY50O8/
In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
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All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
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Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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How could amazon do such a thing? They must not believe in Free Market not providing
these 6 month averages from their competitors.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 04:55 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Pher writes:
| | How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier? 
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Or Cointreau. Let’s not be partial… but still French 
Okay, okay, there’s also Curaçao…
Funnily, Cointreau, Curaçao, or triple sec make me think of cocktails whereas
Grand Marnier makes me think of desserts (though I don’t especially like strong
alcohol, in desserts or not).
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You see, it works also the other way round. I'm a chocolatier and for sweet
stuff I usually prefer Grand Marnier over the other three. Could you imagine
how a German who never heard "Grand Marnier" will pronounce it? I had great times
with my coworkers
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?
In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Pher writes:
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But oranges have a limited area where you can sell them. There are not many countries
beside the United Kingdom with a demand for oranges to make marmelade.
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Nonsense, all the fruits are useful: You can make alcoholic drinks with all of
them! 
| | Here in the province Hessen, wine from apples is the national drink.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | There's no way anyone makes a living selling apples these days. Oranges,
that's where you should be investing.
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But oranges have a limited area where you can sell them. There are not many countries
beside the United Kingdom with a demand for oranges to make marmelade.
Here in the province Hessen, wine from apples is the national drink.
I would give you some oranges for your apples, keeping money aside. There are
even two nice German sausages in my store (below 6 months average price).
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I can highly recommend the book (or talks on youtube) "Predictabily Irrational"
from the Harvard professor Dan Ariely
In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | | | I just look back at him and blink.
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I do the same
Here the price is quite seasonal and varies dependent on the weather
I've learn't to live with it but it would be really great if there were
no seasons...hang on, I quite like the seasons really
sometimes I have to settle for green ones
the green ones aren't so shiny though
perhaps I should use one of those price comparison sites... hmm maybe not, nearly
got ripped off on my car insurance using one of those last year, cheapest result
was actually significantly more expensive than what I eventually paid and was
a crap policy (another story but people probably don't want me to write an
essay on it)
what the??? is this place going insane? No, it might look that way but there
are 10's of thousands of people going about their business as usual in the
transacting sections, probably that fake news phenomena thingy on the internet.
never mind worse things in the news to be concerned about today, "I'm out"
as they say, got to post all those packages.
Robert
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 10:49 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Not sure about other countries, but in Germany we have frequently newspaper articles
about how easy it is to earn money with Lego. "Helpfull" advice like buy an UCS
Imperial Star Destroyer for 2000€ and keep it for a few years to sell with profit.
More "helpfull" advices like buy 10 of the recent released Death Stars and sell
them later with profit. And of course how super expensive parts are and how worthwhile
it is to sell Lego parts.. As long as new sellers come and try their luck with
all these advices in mind, the moment of bouncing back of the price spiral looks
far far away.
In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | Because it's easy.
There are a lot of manual things to do with having a store, people probably just
want one mindless thing to do.
But pricing is probably the most important, right?
Someone else in this thread said something akin to "if one seller is willing
to sell a part for this low, maybe all sellers should be able to", to that I
would say "If one buyer is willing to buy a part for 3x the average price, maybe
all buyers would be able to"
While a price spiral down may look attractive to buyers, in the end when sellers
see the effort vs reward, they slow down on selling and then those buyers now
have less options.
In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mgiglio writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | You are mistaken. Sellers do not have the ability to part out a set and automatically
list the pieces at the 6 month average, using any BrickLink tools. It's possible
to do so with 3rd-party tools (off BrickLink), but those tools are available
to buyers as well. The access to pricing information is identical for buyers
and sellers.
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What am I missing here? Is it interpretation of words?
Sellers can use the part out a set tool and set their part prices at the (worldwide)
six month average price, using Bricklink.
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this is correct. i did it last night. it's a very useful feature for a seller.
don't know why someone is saying this can't be done right in bricklink.
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I concur it can indeed be done but in over 10 years of selling here I've
never understood why people want to set their prices at 6th months average worldwide
prices. Many do so but no one has ever explained why they do... is it just because
they can? I know this feature originates from the early Dan years and maybe back
then the dynamics were different - mainly USA only data, less stores, less items,
etc. Not singling you out but I'm just interested in hearing why sellers
do this and value this feature.
Robert
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2017 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | As a Seller, why don't you want a Buyer to have immediate access to a comparison
of your price against the average price?
What's your honest answer?
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(snapped)
It is a partly random number that influences the feeling of a buyer whether a
deal is good or not. I usually don't use this feature because I have other
priorities when buying.
Imagine you buy a pack of apples. Every month. They cost always 2$. One day they
offer leftovers or promotion-bags or whatever you can imagine better. The bag
costs now 0.10$. From now on you will always see a 2$ (1.68$ average price, +18.8%)
tag beside the apples.
What does this help you? What does it do to the market?
Please think about it. You might find some answers in yourself.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2017 13:19 | | Subject: | Re: Better Forum | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | | | We could start a poll in the forum to find out
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haha, 100% of people that voted knew there was a forum.
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I doubt it would be 100%. I reckon some forum users would vote no.
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Forum? Which forum?
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2017 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: Better Forum | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | In Suggestions, ranarn writes:
| | Ok rephrase, not impossible, but unnecessary hard.
Always room for improvement, there is a reason no forum on the internet looks
like this nowdays, and if it was so great, why did they use a modern forum for
stud.io for example?
In Suggestions, Made_In_Bricks writes:
| | can you please let me know how I have been doing the impossible since I joined
bricklink?
| | And the forum is very poorly implemented, impossible to follow a thread or get
a overview of current topics.
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To me, it once again comes down to a fixed amount of time and what would I want
them spending their time on.
It's totally unknown what % of bricklink users even KNOW about the forum,
much less use it.
1% maybe?
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We could start a poll in the forum to find out
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2016 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: Show number of Canceled order for buyers | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | When a buyer places an order, the seller should be able to see how many orders
that buyer has placed, that ended up being canceled for any reason. If this number
is limited to 6 months, that would be acceptable.
Currently, buyers can see how many orders a seller has canceled during the past
6 months, for any reason. Based on a recent incident, I think my request would
be very revealing. I'm sure that a few buyers would not want this number
exposed.
Ray
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In which way would this number help you?
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Jul 20, 2016 05:51 | | Subject: | Re: Add support for tags to catalog items | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Voted yes.
It's a really great idea!
In Suggestions, jonwil writes:
| | If Bricklink supported tags on catalog items (which could be reviewed/flagged
by catalog admins just like any other change) it would make it easier to find
things and there would be less "what is this" questions on the forums. For example
a minifig torso from a NinjaGo Zane minifig could have "NinjaGo" and "Zane" added
as tags. Or a part like 60208 (Wheel 31mm D. x 15mm Technic) could have tags
like "turbine" and "engine" added since its been used as an aircraft/spacecraft/boat/hovercraft
engine part in so many sets. (its never even been used as a wheel as far as I
can tell and no tyres exist that fit it).
I am sure people here can think of many other uses for tags on catalog items...
Brickset has tags on sets and its quite useful.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2016 23:15 | | Subject: | Re: Bring back 'checkout as different user' | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jancg writes:
| | Christopher,
That doesn't work. This will either result in 2 seperate orders, or you'll
have to copy each lot from your cart to the cart of the 1st-order-owner.
Jan.
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Hi Jan!
I see what you mean.
If your suggestion is not implemented, you could continue with you being logged
in in one browser and your friend not logged in in another.
Once he filled his cart, you could log in and complete his batch.
Or he logs in and places an own order..
It's a bit more effort but would still work
Groeten
Christopher
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2016 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Bring back 'checkout as different user' | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hallo!
You could use two different browsers.
Maybe firefox where Jan is logged it and opera where you are logged in
That's the way how I handle it when I order together with Lego friends.
Groeten
Christopher
In Suggestions, Mr.Rofl writes:
| | I voted yes!
I`m a friend of Jan, Lego collector and living in the same city as Jan.
Often we building together, but I have my own lego collection and my own wantedlist.
But we are almost ordering in the same shops to keep the shipping-costs payable.
So the checkout as a different user was and is very useful to keep our own orders
separated.
Please bring back this functionally.
Marcel Sneek
In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | In Suggestions, jancg writes:
| | BrickLink,
Before the upgrade of BrickLink, a user could fill his/her cart and then continue
to checkout as another user. This was very handy when ordering 1 order with several
people together.
Please, bring back this functionality!
Jan de Graaf.
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Since you can't have more than one ID, how often would this be used? I have
never ordered something while another buyer waits behind me for their turn..
Voted no
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2016 04:45 | | Subject: | Re: Highlighted stores | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, renhoffman writes:
| | Please show sellers whether or not they are currently eligible and showing up
as a highlighted store. Also, please be more specific in the description as to
how sellers are eligible or not, and maybe reduce the 6 month ban if they close
their store. Many reputable sellers close their stores from time to time, or
even daily, 6 months is a long time not to be eligible, just because they closed
their store for a day or two.
Thank you for considering this,
Darren
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+1
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2016 13:27 | | Subject: | Translation issue German Quotes | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello!
I made a quote in a German shop today and got as hint
"Die Anforderung eines Angebots verpflichtet nich zu einer Bestellung und der
Verkäufer hat keine Verpflichtung die angebotenen Waren zu reservieren."
The word "nich" is apparently a typo but it could be "nicht" which means "not"
or "mich" ("m" and "n" are close on a German keyboard) which means "me".
If a buyer understands the word wrong, the sentence get's a completely different
meaning.
I hope it can be fixed
Best regards
Christopher
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2015 22:47 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6866-1 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Davearooni writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 2456 Dark Bluish Gray Brick 2 x 6
Comments from Submitter:
There should be (2) Dark Bluish Grey 2x6 bricks listed in the inventory of this item. 2 of these parts are clearly shown as per the original instructions. (Step 8 & Step 14)
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There is no 2456 Dark Bluish Gray Brick 2 x 6 used in Step 8.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2015 19:49 | | Subject: | Re: NPB vs. THEFT | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ABS_bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, RUMRUNNER writes:
| | For sellers there's a simple solution to this problem--- don't ship the order
until you are paid. If you follow this rule you loose nothing except a bit of
time waiting for the order cancellation request to go through.
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It seems like the problem mentioned is that the person pays and then reverses
or blocks payment somehow.
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Archaeologist ^^
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2015 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: Show +/-value report when parting out | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | Sellers who want to keep track of their profit ratio (whether for personal insight
or for bookkeeping purposes) will always run into this same problem:
You just parted out $100 worth of parts, yes..
but..
your existing lots were updated with new prices. This means that although you
may now calculate your profit rate based on that $100, you have no idea what
just happened to the profit rate of the old bit of inventory.
To me it would seem fairly easy for Bricklink to compute an additional line,
"Value of existing inventory was modified with -$25" or, "Value of inventory
has increased with $75"
This information is much more interesting than the value of the bit you just
added. This way, you can calculate your actual profit rate, which will otherwise
always be obscured by the consolidation effects. In fact, you could theoretically
be running with a zero profit rate, without that ever appearing to you.
It is easily calculated, and can also be manually calculated - just look at the
difference in value before and after adding.
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This would get solved with a slightly simpler, but more comprehensive update:
Allow access to historical inventory information.
Right now, there is a snapshot on the My Inventory page that shows the total
items, lots, categories, original price, sale price, and my cost for the current
inventory. But ONLY for the CURRENT inventory. All we need is a field that allows
us to see what these numbers were at some point in the past.
This would be very handy for seeing how inventory has grown over time, (or how
profit margins have changed, etc).
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Marc.
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Hi Marc!
That's a lot of data, isn't it?
To the OP: Thumbs up!
Regards
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2015 13:49 | | Subject: | Re: Customs fraud | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Pokernut writes:
| | There are a lot people out there, it seems, that want sellers to commit customs
fraud.
Would it be a good idea if BL included " Buyer requested customs fraud " in the
reasons for seller to cancel an order?
Not allowing said alledged fraudster to feedback the seller would prevent retaliatory
actions from the buyer would also be nice in this instance
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http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=916643
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2015 20:55 | | Subject: | Re: Prohibit Vigilante Orders | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | As such, any member caught making a vigilante order should receive an automatic
NPB.
Thor
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Bla, bla, long story but:
You already get a NPB for not paying, if the seller and bricklink decide so.
Don't you?
And you have one week to pay if you place an order, maybe you find out that your
vigilant intended order was a great idea and pay?
Really don't get your suggestion. The suggestion, not your long explanations.
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